On 1956, Gabriel Perrodin, a native Bellevue, Louisiana, musician, traveled to Lake Charles to make a recording at Eddie Shuler's Lake Charles studio.

When the session didn't come off as planned, Perrodin stopped by J.D. Miller's studio in Crowley to see if Miller was interested in recording the band. Miller acquiesced, and that day Perrodin recorded a catchy instrumental with a rhumba-flavored beat. Miller heard a hit, christened Perrodin as "Guitar Gable," and "Congo Mombo" became Perrod...